The Middle Lea - Lemsford to Hoddesdon

Welcome to the website of the Middle Lea Catchment Partnership, and the home of the Middle Lea Catchment Management Plan. Our Catchment Plan will improve the river for wildlife and for people. It will also help us to meet the UK's obligations under the Water Framework Directive.

Latest news for the Middle Lea

23/10/18 Middle Lea news
Improving Hertford's rivers for wildlife

A project in Hertford is exploring ways to improve habitats on the rivers Beane and Lee, and Hertfordshire County Council wants to know your opinion on the ideas proposed.
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This years River Lea Catchment Conference will be held 18th October 2017 at Bayfordbury Science Learning Centre.
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20/10/16 Middle Lea news
2016 River Lea Catchment Conference

Catchment Hosts, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust held the first ever River Lea Catchment Conference on the evening of 19th October.
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At the catchment meeting in January 2015, the MIddle Lea Catchment Partnership decided to make eels a focal species for the catchment. A smaller project group was formed, to investigate where the barriers to eel passage were in the catchment, and to see what could be done to overcome these barriers.